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Acadia National Park is a National Park located in the U.S. state of Maine. It reserves much of Mount Desert Island, and associated smaller islands, off the Atlantic coast. Originally created as Lafayette National Park in 1919, the oldest National Park east of the Mississippi River, it was renamed Acadia in 1929.

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With more than 30,000 acres of protected forests, beaches, mountains, and rocky
coastline, Acadia National Park is the second-most-visited national park in
America (the first is Great Smoky Mountains National Park). According to the
National ...

Managing Outdoor Recreation at Acadia National Park by Robert E. Manning

Visitor Use Acadia National Park is a great place to play. Visitors camp, hike,
walk, bicycle, run, rock climb, swim and sunbathe, cross-country ski, snowshoe,
heavily usedfor hiking and biking. photo by robert thayer recreation research and
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Lafayette National Park was renamed Acadia National Park on January 19, 1929.
1935–Prelude to World War II: Adolf Hitler secretly ordered the German air force,
the Luftwaffe, reinstated, violating the Treaty of Versailles signed at the end ...

During the summer, Acadia National Park visitors flock here to sample the fresh,
flavorful Lighthouses around the World 149 The cliffs above the Beachy Head
Lighthouse continue to crumble. Courtesy Lighthouse Digest Bass Harbor Head
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Acadia National Park Preserve on the coast of Maine, U.S. It has an area of 65 sq
mi (168 sq km). Originally established as Sieur de Monts National Monument (
1916), it became the first national park in the eastern U.S. as Lafayette National ...